National Action Plan on Climate Change Adopted

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung recently signed Decision 1474/QD-TTg approving the National Action Plan on Climate Change in the 2012-2020 period.

 

The plan defines targets and tasks by 2020, including the improvement of capacity of climate supervision and early warning of natural disasters; food and water security guarantee; response to climate change, anti-flooding in big cities; consolidation of dykes and water reservoirs; green house gas mitigation, development of low-carbon economy; and improvement of mechanisms and policies on climate change.

 

All economic sectors, scientific and socio-politic organizations, non-governmental organizations are encouraged to partake in climate change adaptation. Under the plan, the model of community-based adaptation to climate change will also be piloted, aiming to raise public awareness on climate change, improve human resources and scientific and technological development, enhance climate change impact assessments to define drastic actions and effective solutions for calculable climate change, as well as boost international co-operation and utilise all resources to cope with the issue.

 

The plan will cover a list of 65 programs and projects in the 2012-2015 period.